Shitty First Drafts

Anne Lamott's charm and colloquial language brought us (readers) much ease and comfort. In the beginning of the excerpt, she writes: "I know some very great writers, writers you love who write beautifully and have made a great deal of money, and not one of them sits down routinely feeling wildly enthusiastic and confident. Not one of them writes elegant first drafts." This made it very clear that not every writer has the ability to write his or her final draft right away; a writer might initially want to take the story in one direction and then realize after reading the first draft, that he or she now wants to maybe take it a different direction, and possibly add some things. Writers have an overwhelming amount of thoughts that might or might not make it in their work and I would say that this is probably one of the most difficult parts about writing. I relate to this article a lot because I know what it's like to feel pressured to write a perfect paper immediately after I'm given a topic which, unfortunately, is not ever the case. Lamott gives really great advice to any writer who might feel worried about not being able to write perfectly for the first time. Although Lamott included very helpful points, I noticed that in her attempt to be more informal and funny, she eventually became a bit repetitive and I felt like this excerpt from her work Bird by Bird could have been a little bit shorter. Other than that, I think Lamott had some great advice and key points to keep in mind when writing rough drafts.